In Chelyabinsk, the first match of the pre-season tournament for the Governor’s Cup of the Chelyabinsk region concluded at the “Arena-Traktor named after Valery Belousov,” where the team from Tolyatti, “Lada,” claimed victory over “Sochi” with a score of 3:1.

The opening goal was scored by “Sochi” forward Alexander Yaremchuk in the seventh minute, assisted by Igor Shvyryov and Noel Hoefenmeyer. Ivan Savchik leveled the score on the 36th minute with a power-play goal, receiving assists from Vyacheslav Osnovin and Alexander Khokhlachev. At the beginning of the third period, “Lada” took the lead for the first time when Nikita Mikhalyov found the net, with assistance from Josh Lawrence and Kirill Zhukov. Mikhalyov completed his double in the 58th minute.